Research Shows These Are The 13 Countries People Struggle To Identify On A Map – Can You Guess Even Half Right?

Last Updated on November 6, 2022 by Alis Lee

Do you know your countries by sight?

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Research recently conducted by The Knowledge Academy has found that most people can’t find the countries featured in this quiz on a map.* Can you figure out which is which?

*includes “well-known” countries with a population of 20 million or more.

According to The Knowledge Academy’s research, 53% of survey respondents failed to place Canada on a map!

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62% failed to place Japan when they were asked.

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50% of those surveyed could not find Madagascar on a map.

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61% failed to find Saudi Arabia.

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A whopping 83% had no idea where Indonesia was on a map.

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57% failed to place Morocco.

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73% of people were unable to identify Ukraine.

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81% of people surveyed could not select Vietnam on a map.

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Peru confused the most people out of all the countries in South America – 69% couldn’t pinpoint it on a map.

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52% of people failed to correctly label Angola.

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Poland managed to confuse 43% of the respondents.

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78% were unable to pick Bangladesh on the map.

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68% failed to place Uzbekistan when asked.

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